Nurse&#39;s uniform



April 1 ,1942- A. 'SCH'ATTEN 2,279,761

NURSES UNIFORM Filed Sept. 18, 1940 Patented Apr. 14, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

Application September 18, 1940, Serial No. 357,221

.(Cl. 2 9s 2 Claims.

This invention relates to garments and similar devices, such as nurses uniforms.

One object of the invention is to provide a device as hereinafter described having improved means forming an inconspicuous part of the back structure and adapted to afford freedom of movement of the arms of the wearer by a yielding connection for the sleeves, so arranged and coordinated that the back shall not be distorted, but to the contrary, reenforced, and so that the structure shall aiford a perspiration absorbing or retarding back portion, and so that the back shall be capable of being uniformly easily starched and laundered as required.

Another object of'the invention is to provide such a garment having the main portion of the back of minimum weight or thickness in accordance with the invention.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device as set forth having relatively few and simple parts and which is inexpensive to manufacture on a quantity production basis, and is durable, reliable and efiicient in use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

With the aforesaid objects in view, the invention consists in the novelcombinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in their preferred embodiments, pointed out in the subjoined claims, and illustrated in the annexed drawing, wherein like parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view in front elevation showing a device such as a nurses uniform embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a back view thereof showing a left the same structure, but, useful devices may be produced embodying less than the whole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, that the same may be incorporated in several different constructions. The accompanying drawing, therefore, is submitted merely as showing the preferred exemplification of the invention.

Referring in detail to the drawing, I0 denotes a device, such as a nurses uniform, embodying the invention. The same may include a unitary structure comprising a waist H, sleeves 12, a-

collar I 3 and askirt I4. The invention is best exemplified by a nurses uniform for the reason that such a garment usually consists of poplin or other nonstretching material that is capable of being starched, whereas rubberized fabrics cannot be starched properly. Moreover, a nurse's uniform must be neat, well-fitting and yet comfortable, capable of a great deal of inexpensive laundering, and adapted to be made only of certain particularmaterials such as poplins or other cottons as above mentioned.

In such a garment, a source of difiiculty arises because the well fitted uniform restricts the freedom ofmovement of the nurse, whose. arms must be capable of easy motion through large angles in different directions. Heretofore, such movement resulted in a severe pull on the back of the garment, which thus reduced comfort and efficiency. This invention aims to overcome these difficulties. 1

Accordingly I provide'a panelled back IS including' a central panel 1'6 and side panels. l1, extending from the collar 13 to the waist belt l8. This back is, however, free ended at opposite sides, preferably the panels I! each consisting of two mutually stiffening sections I9, 20 interconnected as by a marginal seam 2] and connected to the center panel l6 as by seams 22.

. The inner panels 20, moreover, permit the gussets hereinafter described to be connected thereto for yieldability andwithout necessitating untidy cross seams in the outside of the back. At their upper edges these panels |9,"20 are connected into the shoulder seam 23. Whereas. the outer panels l9 extend'down to the" skirt, the inner panels 29 have their lower ends connected into a free seam 24 as hereinafter described, so that these inner panels 20 at'their lowermost points are only a little below the armholes of the sleeves, shown in Figs. 3 and 6.

Also connected into the seams 22 is an elastic anchorage structure 25 for each of the sleeves l2. The structures or gussets 25 are identical, and each may include an elastic panel 26, and a non elastic panel 21. The former is connected at the top into the shoulder seam 23, at one side into the seam 22, at its bottom into the seam 24,

and at its other side it is connected to the panel 21 by the seam 28. The panel 21 is connected at the top into the shoulder seam 23, at its bottom into the seam 24 and at one side it is connected to the back of an adjacent sleeve as by a seam 29. Thus additional yieldability is afforded because the seam 24 is free except at its ends, and this scam 24 does not show outside of the garment. It will be noted that the seam 29 leads into a seam 30 that forms a part or continuation of the usual side seam of the waist, running from the waist line to the armpit, so that the panel 21 is connected into the seam 30. 'In Fig. 41 one of the elastic sections 26 is shown stretched to illustrate the difference in operation, and it will r be seen that extending the structure 20, 21 to the armpit substantially increases the stretchthe body. The front of the garment is conventional in structure and appearance.

I claim:

1. The herein described garment including a waist section having back and side members and sleeves and the waist section having armholes to which the sleeves are connected only at the front thereof, and a pluralityof gussets inside of the garment each comprising an elastic panel and a non-elastic panel, said panels being interconnected along upright lines and each gusset being connected to the shoulder portions of the garment, the non elastic panel being connected to the sleeve at its rearedge for freedom of movement of the sleeve with the gusset yielding, the elastic panel being continuously connected to the back remote from the armhole of the adjacent sleeve,

said back having inside wall members extending fromthe edge of the armholes and being connected to the bottom portions of the gussets at a point below the armholes, said bottom portions of the gussets being free of the backat points intermediate of the armhole and of the connection themain or central part of the back to be thin and light'in weight for maximum comfort.

In operation, it will be perceived that the garment provided according to my invenion affords a high degree of freedom of movement of the arms without causing thersleeves to tug at the back and without restricting the rapid and comfortable movement of the arms, singly or jointly, in forward or upward directions, so that the woman or nurse may wear a neatand reason ably snug fitting garment. The-above described action is rendered possible by the elasticity of the sections 26, which may be elastic in one direction or in both vertical and horizontal directions. A pull on the section of one sleeve will'not affect the other sleeve, because each elastic section is connected individually. Such connection is of a reenforced nature being effected at or into the seams 22 of the back panels. Since the panels 26, 21 are also connected into the shoulder seams, wrinkling is avoided and laundering is easy. Since the sections 21 are made of the same material as the garment, they can also bestarched and will present a uniform appearancewhen partsthereof are exposed as in Fig. 2 bythe stretching of the elastic. In this regard, it will be perceived that the long connections along the seams 22 serve to reliably anchor the panels 26,

of the elastic panel withthe back to thus permit upward movement of the sleeves without distortion of the back and side members.

2. A garment of the class described, including a waist section having a back member, side members and sleeves, said waist section having shoulder seams and the sleeves being directly connected to the side members but being free of the back member, the back member having a central panel and side panels interconnected along generally vertical seams, and means for elastically controlling the sleeves upon'forward and upward movement thereof, including a like gusset for 21 and hence also the armpit sections 24 and the sleeves themselves against any accidental dislocation or wrinkling upon a sudden vigorous movement or twist of the body. of the wearer. The'provision of the armpit section 24 also affords yieldability of the sleeve in anupward' direction and serves to arrest perspiration, andat thesame time this section lies smoothly against each sleeve within the garment and lying along the back section, each gusset being connected into the adjacent shoulder seam, each gusset comprising an inner elastic panel and an outer non elastic panel connected by an upright seam to the elastic panel, each elastic panel being connected into the adjacent oneof said generally vertical seams of the back, each of said non-elastic panels being connected to theadjacent sleeve along the back thereof, the width of said sections being substantially equal to that of the side panels of the back, the back having armholes having their marginsfreeat the back of the sleeves with the said margins being substantially at the seam connections of the sleevesand their gussets, each of said gussets including an extension to a point below the adjacent. armhole of the garment, said extension being connected into a seam. between the back member and the adjacent, side member, the side panels having inner and outer. walls, and the gussets having their lower edges connected to the inner walls and being freel of the outer walls, the said inner walls being connected into said upright seams in the back and into lower edge portions of the armholes,'and the outer walls forming parts of the side panels of the back..

ABRAHAM SCHATIEN. 

